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11 Reviews When you're in Bergen you have to know what this song's about. it's a Must for all visitors.Brann means fire in Norwegian. Yahoo Heia Brann, Heia Brann Blod e tjukkere enn vann. Heia Brann Helt fra...
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Fresh Fish, Shellfish, Crabs and Shrimp Stavanger
1 Review Available at the dock between the oil museum and the huge parking garage. Get there early if you want to buy crabs because they never last! One of the best benefits of living by the sea is the easy...
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Fotball (Soccer) Rosenborg Trondheim
3 Reviews Rosenborg Ballklub is the pride of the city, and the entire nation since they made such an impact on the European Championship League. The best football club in Norway, and champions year after year....
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People Bergen
5 Reviews It is said of the Bergensers that they are born with Wellies on their feet. It might be true actually. I have never before been to a place where rubber boots were actually an item of fashion and...
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Lutefisk - Lyed fish Stavanger
1 Review Around Christmastime in Norway, my Norwegian family took me out to eat lutefisk in a restaurant. They said it was a fish-speciality that you usually only have about once a year. Whereas my host mother...
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St Olav Trondheim
2 Reviews Not only is local hero St Olav big in York too, where a central church has his name. Trondheim's symbol is a rose, uncanningly similar to the white rose of Yorkshire! Wonder if the typical English...
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Festivals Bergen
5 Reviews I was so luck that I have experienced Matfest i Bryggen in 2005. You can taste lots of traditional food( brown cheese, smoked salmon ..etc) and take the opportunity of reasonable prices. Colourful...
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Broken Umbrella & Broken Bicycle Stavanger
1 Review This is a brilliant Norwegian concept based on, and in answer to Broken Column, a set of sculptures that an Englishman placed about town. Broken Umbrella is a popular interactive work in which many...
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Bike lift Trondheim
4 Reviews A funny installation in Trondheim for getting up the steep hill (Brubakken) with your bike. It takes you almost all the way up to the fortress. You need a key card to use it (Tourist office at Torvet...
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17th of May Bergen
3 Reviews The parade taking place on the 17th of May is a must-see for sure! It begins with boys playing drums (the sound spreads all over the city), you can watch interesting national costumes (I liked...
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17. mai/May 17th Trondheim
2 Reviews If you thought this habit of Saturday marches are silly, wait untill you see how they calculate the number of participants. Every time we have certain protests in Croatia organisers and opposition...
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Mailboxes Trondheim
1 Review As everywhere in Norway also in Trondheim you’ll find those funny groups of mailboxes along the major streets. It seems that Norwegian postmen are somewhat lazy so the Post office requires neighbours...
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Antique books Trondheim
1 Review One of the best antique bookstores in Norway, and always a temptation for a booklover like me when I visit Trondheim. They have a first-class selection of used and antique books. Wangsmo Antikvariat...
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Students Trondheim
2 Reviews One you see half-naked guys ruunning in their underwear around town in August you can be sure that the new academic year has started. That's just one of the rituals they have for their freshmen....
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Saturday protests Trondheim
1 Review Every Saturday there are protests and marches around town and by simply looking you would think that people in this country and city are really fed up with their poor lives and living conditions....
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Most wooden churches and chapels in Norway were built during the christianisationperiod. These charming timber structures are scattered around the country and every small village has one.However, all but two of all the churches I encounter on my trip were locked so I was unable to explore the inside of the churches.(I was surprised of finding churches closed as most European churches are open all day).
Festivals and outdoor music concerts featuring international and local artists take place mainly in the summer months.Almost every town has some sort of celebration at some point during the year, but urban Oslo has the best nightlife in the country. The most popular clubs are around the main street, Karl Johans gate.
As in the rest of Scandinavian countries, picturesque charming turf roof houses are commonly found in Norway. These green houses are known for their ability to provide an extremely constant temperature throughout the year.During the winter they keep the heat in, and in the summer they provide a relatively cool environment.
Witches acquired their supernatural powers by selling their soul to the devil.Legend tells that witches could fly on broomsticks and cast spells on people.They like to gather together and party all night twice a year on the evening of 30th of May and on the evening of 31st of October.
TrollsAccording to Norwegian fairytales, trolls had long crooked noses and only 4 fingers and toes in each limb.To avoid turning into stone with contact with direct light troll were forced to come out only after sunset and disappear before sunrise.The trolls were mostly seen on bright moonlit nights, despite their frightening appearance, trolls were good nature and naïve and use to help humans when they were not busy stealing children.
In rural Norway houses have big gardens and sometimes letterboxes are found at the border of the main road.Some of these letterboxes are beautifully decorated with flowers pots and a few are carved in wood like the one. With letterboxes like this, Norwegian postmen must not be scared of dogs.
After many years invaded first by the Danish and later by the Swedish, Norway finally declared its independence from Sweden on 7th June.Norwegians have a strong independent instinct and rejected to join the European Union in a referendum on 28th November of 1994.
A visit in early May when the trees are flowering while the near mountains are still covered in snow is a great unforgettable experience.Some farmers protect the white flowers of the trees from the frost and freezing temperatures by covering the trees with plastic creating a protective ‘greenhouse’ effect.
The fjords and the Gulf stream have a protecting effect in the local flora allowing many plants, shrubs and trees to survive in less extreme winter conditions than in higher altitudes.Cherry and apple trees have been grown here for centuries.
ENGLISH - No similarity at all to other nordics, norvegians (at least, in Oslo and Bergen) are almost as noisy as any latin people. - PORTUGUÊS - Não esperem semelhança com os outros nórdicos, os noruegueses (em Oslo ou Bergen, pelo menos) são quase tão barulhentos como qualquer povo latino.- FRANÇAIS - Aucune ressemblance avec les autres peuples nordiques, les norvégiens (à Oslo et Bergen, au moins) font presque autant de bruit que n'importe quel peuple latin.
Holmenkollen Park Hotel Rica Oslo Oslo
9 Reviews and 221 Opinions The hotel is located close to a popular hiking and cross-country ski area and in walking distance...
Rica Travel Hotel Bergen Bergen
3 Reviews and 204 Opinions Having no advance bookings due to traveling without set itinerary and during peak summer season, we...
Rica Nidelven Hotel Trondheim
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Q: I am wondering which is the best period for a 1-week ski mountaineering holiday in the Lofoten Area and I would like to know if...
A: The Lofoten (and Vesterålen) islands never have that huge amount of snow, they are out in the Gulf stream. Mind you, they weren't even covered by the ice cap that covered...
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